I read your article and was most impressed by it. I'm not asliterate on the computer as I'd like to be, so I'm trying to figure outhow to save it and file it for future use.

I agree with you, of course. I think the underlying cause of theChristian blindness to the plight of animals is its connection withpro-choice political liberalism. And, of course, the issue of animalrights is new to the consciousness, not to mention the conscience. Theextreme-radical animal rights movement, connected to Peter Singerandhis philosophy (which, I have heard, includes bestiality) is repugnantto Christians. And not much, if any, distinction is made between thatmovement and traditional vegetarianism.

Not too many days ago, one of the christianveg members wrote of anarticle on the front page of The Catholic Reporter called "The EthicsofEating," which reported on the abuses of factory farming. Maybe it's abeginning.....